<div class="chunk-title">Sec. 12-21. - Intent and purpose.</div>
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               (a)
               
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               It is the intent and purpose of this article to establish an office that will ensure
               the complete and efficient utilization of all the county's resources to combat disasters
               resulting from enemy actions or otherwise.
               
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               (b)
               
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               The county office of civil preparedness will be the coordinating agency for all activities
               in connection with civil preparedness; it will be the instrument through which the
               county board of commissioners may exercise the authority and discharge the responsibilities
               vested in them during disaster emergencies.
               
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               (c)
               
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               This article will not relieve any county department of the moral responsibilities
               or authority given to it in the county Charter, nor will it adversely affect the work
               of any volunteer agency organized for relief in disaster emergencies.
               
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               (Ord. No. 3, Â§ 2, 2-2-1976)
               
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